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PATENTED AUG. 4, 1903.

G. BANKS.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1902.

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v UNITED STATES Patented August 4,1903] P TENT OFFICE.

GEORGE BANKS, OF GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK A.LAMB, OF GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN.

HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,445, dated August4, 1903. Application filed November 20,1902. Serial No. 132,130. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BANKS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Greenville, in the county of Montcalm and State of Michigan,have invented new and useful Improvements in Hooks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hooks, and pertains moreparticularly to that glass of hooks used on harness, whiifletrees,

The object of my invention is to provide a hook which will take theplace of the snaphook and to provide a hook which is adapted to receivea ring or loop and after said ring or loop is properly inserted cannotbe removed I by any backward or upward pressure thereon.

Another object of my'invention is to provide a hook of the characterwhich is cheaper,

more simple, and more efiective in operation than, any that hasheretofore been produced.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of my hook,showing a ring in dotted lines in the act of being inserted.

Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a modificationshowing the ring in dotted lines after inserted. Fig. 4 is a verticalsectional view of the modification.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents the body portion of my hook,which is provided at its rear end with a loop I), which is formed insaid body portion and can be from the upwardly-extending forwardportion, the purpose of which willbe hereinafter fully described. Thecentral portion of said body portion is cut out at a, and thus it willbe seen that the upwardly and a portion of the rearwardly extendingportion of the hook The said proper is of a skeleton work, and thusforms two parallel side walls 0 and O. The said walls are provided withthe upwardly-extendingstuds 0 and c, which extend up even with the upperedge of the rearwardly-extending hook O. The side of saidupwardly-extending studs or ears 0 and e have their outer vertical wallsslightly concaved for thepurpose of making the hook lighter.

It will be clearly seen that the rearwardlyextending hook 0 extendsbeyond and below the studs 0 and c, and after the rings or loops havebeen inserted therein it is impossible to remove the same by anybackward or upward pressure thereon.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4 I simplycut away the centralportion of the body portion A and reduce the outer upwardly andrearwardly extending portion D, and thus make a narrow hook portion; but

said hook portion D is slightly downwardly extended between the studs orears 0 and c for the purpose heretofore mentioned.

The operation of inserting the ring or loop in the hook is as follows:The ring is held obliquely in the hand, is inserted between one of thestuds and the base of the rearwardly-extending hook proper, and is drawnforward, so that the opposite side passes under, the hook and over thestud carried by the opposite side, and is then drawn forward, and whenbrought into a horizontal position it will be clearly seen that itcannot be re moved by any direct backward or upward pressure, but has tobe twisted and removed as inserted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is p A hook of the character described, comprising abroad oval body portion having a central oval longitudinally-extendingcut-away portion forming a longitudinal web at each side,upwardlyextending inwardly-curved oppositely-disposed studscarriedby-thelon- ,gitudinal web's intermediate their ends, a transverseelongated attaching-eye carried by one end of said body portion, and anupmy hand in the presence of two subscribing wardly rearwardly andslightly downwardly Witnesses. 7 extending hook carried by the oppositeend of said body portion and extending between GEORGE BANKS 5 theupwardly-extending studs and adistance Witnesses:

beyond the rear wall thereof. S. A. ROWLAND, In testimony whereof I havehereunto set 0. SHANMAN.

